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STREAM OF PASSION To Release New Single

STREAM OF PASSION, the new band featuring AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen, will release a new single on February 13, 2006. It will be accompanied by a video clip shot by renowned Belgian director Peter van Eyndt. The single will contain three very special bonus tracks. STREAM OF PASSION will hit th...

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Arrest Made In POISON Guitarist's Stolen Equipment Case

On October 24, 2005, the home of legendary POISON guitarist C.C. Deville was broken into and over 30 pieces of equipment were stolen. A concentrated effort lead by the LAPD's Van Nuys Burglary Division, Planet Deville and VH1 came to a culmination with the arrest of the thief at the Ranchero Cucamon...

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GENE SIMMONS' Vintage 1978 Fire-Breathing Sword Sells For Over $6,000

Backstage Auctions has wrapped up its 2005 live auction schedule with the completion of the "KISS My Auction" event, which featured personal KISS-related items from the private collections of more than a dozen original KISS crew and company members from the glorious days of the 1970s. The biggest se...

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DEE SNIDER's VAN HELSING'S CURSE To Perform At California's NAMM Convention

On Friday, January 20, 2006, VAN HELSING'S CURSE — the classical/rock music brainchild of TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider — will creep its way into California during the week of the NAMM convention as PRS (Paul Reed Smith Guitars) delivers this tremendous concert party event. PRS has taken on the...

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Fall of the Despised

First impressions of "Fall of the Despised" by The Netherlands' SEVERE TORTURE are that it is a more accomplished, varied, and more dynamic offering than previous releases. The distinctly American style of brutal death employed on past releases has always been welcome in my home. I just always found...

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BILLY SHEEHAN Contributes Liner Notes To DAVID LEE ROTH Tribute

Amid his busy recording and touring schedule, bassist Billy Sheehan (DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) took out time this past fall to contribute the liner notes to the just-released "Just Like Paradise: A Millennium Tribute to Diamond David Lee Roth". Among other things, Sheehan praised Dave for "changing my...

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DEF LEPPARD: 'Kimmel' Performance Posted Online

DEF LEPPARD peformed their classic "Rock of Ages" on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on November 23. Watch the performance online at ABC.go.com. DEF LEPPARD are one of only five rock groups that can claim two original albums selling 10 million-plus copies each in the U.S.: THE BEATLES, LED ZEPPELIN, P...

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AFTER FOREVER Drummer Plays One-Off Gig With SUSTAIN

AFTER FOREVER drummer Andre Borgman played a one-off show with the Dutch hard rock band SUSTAIN on December 3. "They needed a substitute drummer for one gig and Andre offered to help them out," reads a posting on AFTER FOREVER's web site. "A few months ago Luuk [van Gerven, bass] did the same thing...

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Divorce Petition Filed By EDDIE VAN HALEN's Wife Posted Online

TMZ.com has posted a copy of the actual eight-page divorce petition filed by actress Valerie Bertinelli in connection with her 24-year union with legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The papers, filed on Tuesday (Dec. 6) in Los Angeles County Superior Court, cite irreconcilable differences as the re...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN, Wife Divorcing After 24 Years Of Marriage

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Valerie Bertinelli and her rock star husband, Eddie Van Halen, are divorcing after 24 years of marriage, Bertinelli's publicist confirmed Tuesday. "Yes, that's true. They have been separated for four years and it's amicable," Bertinelli spokeswom...

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ZAKK WYLDE To Be Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde will be inducted into Guitar Center's Hollywood's RockWalk, located at 7425 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA, on Tuesday, January 27, 2006 at noon. This event is FREE and open to the public. Wylde has played a significant role in the solo career of...

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DARKANE Attend 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' Taping

DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström has posted the following tour reports on the band's official web site: "Yes, tonight we played the 32nd show of the U.S. tour here in Seattle, WA and tomorrow we'll end the tour in Vancouver where I will finally meet the drummer of my solo project NON-HUMAN LEV...

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THE GATHERING: New Album To Include Reworked Unreleased Material

Dutch rock act THE GATHERING recently entered the studio to commence work on their ninth studio album. For this recording the band has built a professional homemade studio inside an old church in the small town of Maurik, located in the south of Holland. With the help of producer Attie Bauw (produce...

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GOD DETHRONED Guitarist Checks In From THE HAUNTED Tour

Guitarist Isaac Delahaye of the Dutch death metal outfit GOD DETHRONED has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're halfway the [European] tour [supporting THE HAUNTED and GOD FORBID] and it's going great so far! Didn't really have any major troubles and we played a lot o...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'Our Lives Have Been Changed Forever'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following messages in his online diary: "Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - November 28, 2005, 4 pm "Left this morning from Tokyo at 7 a.m. We had a lay over here in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (at one time Siagon) but our flight has been cancelled, so ...